'Pero sa tingin ko hindi dapat 'yan maging balakid para sa full implementation ng face to face classes,' says DOH OIC Maria Rosario Vergeire, adding that cases remain mild.
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health on Friday, November 4, reported that some 3,900 youth aged 12 to 17 got infected with COVID-19 from September 1 to November 3, or since Philippine schools gradually returned to face-to-face classes after more than two years of forced campus shutdowns.
On Friday afternoon, the DOH clarified Vergeire’s statement in the media forum, saying that the data mentioned was not specific to students, but rather for individuals aged 12 to 17. On November 1, the DepEd said it was allowing the optional wearing of face masks inside classrooms, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. scrapped themask-wearing mandate that had been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
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